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[[caption-width:320:The Ojamajo (left to right): Momoko, Aiko, Doremi, Hana, Hazuki and Onpu.]]

''"If you had magic, what would you do?"''

Toei Animation's CuteWitch CashCowFranchise from 1999 to 2003, spanning four year-long television series and one {{OAV}}.

Ojamajo Doremi (Ojamajo being a {{portmanteau}} of "ojama", meaning a hindrance and "majo", meaning witch) tells the story of Doremi Harukaze, the self-proclaimed "[[ButtMonkey unluckiest pretty girl in the whole world]]", who dreams of becoming a witch just like in the stories she reads. One day she stumbles across a mysterious shop run by an old woman who fits the profile of a witch to a tee. Doremi calls her out on it, and suddenly the woman transforms into an ugly little frog thing: turns out she really ''was'' a witch, and this is what happens when a human correctly identifies one.

The ex-witch, Majorika, takes her on as an apprentice witch so that Doremi can eventually gain enough magical power to change her back. The thing is, Doremi is ''[[IneptMage horrible]]'' when it comes to learning the trade, which leads to Majorika branding her an ojamajo. Not soon afterwards, Doremi's two friends [[LonelyRichKid Hazuki Fujiwara]] and [[{{Bokukko}} Aiko Senoo]] get in on the act, and in the latter half of the series, [[IdolSinger Onpu Segawa]] - another apprentice witch who uses magic for selfish reasons- turns up as an antagonist of sorts.

In the second series (''Ojamajo Doremi Sharp''), [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Onpu has reformed]] and Doremi gains a magical "daughter" called Hana that [[HasTwoMommies she has to raise for one year]]. The third series (''Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi'') introduces American witch apprentice Momoko Asuka to help the group pass a test to become formal witches. This test involves turning their shop into a bakery for the season. The fourth and final television series (''Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n!'') has Hana [[PlotRelevantAgeUp force-grow herself]] to the same age as Doremi so she can attend school with her "mommy". An OAV followed (''Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho'') that was set during ''Mo~tto'' and focused on various secrets held by the main characters.

The franchise was your standard MagicalGirl affair, though there was very little evil-fighting. The series was instead driven by the characters and their development not only as {{Cute Witch}}es but as people. Admittedly, it suffers from a lot of {{Filler}}, and [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism depending on how cynical you are]], you could consider every series after the first to be {{Post Script Season}}s. But it ''was'' a massively popular series in Japan and has its fair share of high points.

The series has been dubbed into several languages and released in multiple countries under the name ''Magical [=DoReMi=]''. In America it was licensed by [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]], becoming the first version ''not'' to call the main character "Doremi" (instead they called her Dorie, turning Hazuki and Aiko into Reanne and Mirabelle respectively to retain the pun in the title). While the first twenty-six episodes were aired on television, the last twenty-five were only available online. YourMileageMayVary on how well they adapted it.

This series has a [[Characters/OjamajoDoremi character sheet.]]

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This series contains examples of:

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys (Masaru Yada, though he's more of a male version of a LittleMissSnarker rather than actually "bad")
* AllYourPowersCombined (Magical Stage)
* AnimeFirst
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling (Pop at first)
* ArtEvolution (The girls change outfits and get taller in the second half of the series, but the overall designs get better in the second half of ''Sharp'')
* BadassBiker (Their teacher, Seki-sensei.)
* BadassTeacher (...Three guesses.)
* BigBad (Majotourbillion, the previous Witch Queen)
* BittersweetEnding - The first two seasons. ''Especially'' the first. ([[spoiler:Right after they've become full-fledged witches, Onpu falls into a ConvenientComa as bad Karma hits her for repeatedly using her powers for mind control (even when, that particular time, she had actually used them ''to save herself and the others''), so Doremi and the other girls have to practically give up everything to save her]]).
* {{Bokukko}} - Aiko, Naomi Okuyama
* BookEnds
* BumblingDad - Practically all the fathers, to some degree. Special mention goes to Reika's father and Kenji (Aiko's dad).
* CallingYourAttacks ({{Lampshaded}}: one of the reasons for the Royal Patraine upgrade was that Oyajide could counter their spells before they could finish)
* CantCatchUp - Doremi's little sister Pop, who (being five years old) progresses at a much slower rate than the rest of the girls: it takes her four seasons to achieve what the other six manage in one season, and even then doesn't get her crystal until the final Magical Stage. Mind you, this is ''not'' because she's not as good as Doremi; she's far more adept. It's just that you can only go to the Witch World at night--and she can't stay awake that long.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin - [[spoiler:Onpu]]
* CatchPhrase - "I'm the unluckiest pretty girl in the whole world."
* ChristmasCake - Seki-sensei
* DaddysGirl - Played with rather interestingly in the first season: the reason behind Reika Tamaki's RichBitch behavior is that her dad spoils her rotten... [[spoiler:and dad's reason to do it is that he feels guilty for letting Reika get seriously injured due to his carelessness.]]
* DancingTheme ("Ojamajo {{Ondo}} de Happipi")
* FaceHeelTurn (Oyajide in ''Sharp'')
* FakeBand - The Mahou Dou, who sing the opening theme songs. Later on, the main girls form an in-show band to record a song together.
* FlyingBroomstick
* FrillsOfJustice - Avoids this by giving the cast an entirely new wardrobe in each season. In Motto, their uniforms were even ''reversible''!
* GenkiGirl (Hana in ''Dokkan'')
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger (every time a witch is found out)
* GratuitousEnglish (Alexander T. Oyajide)
* HeDidntMakeIt [[spoiler: Or rather, ''she'': [[TearJerker poor Non-chan succumbs to her cancer]] at the end of ''Naisho'' episode 12.]]
* HeavySleeper (Poppu)
* HeelFaceTurn (Onpu, Oyajide; even Tamaki becomes a bit less of a JerkAss)
* HeroicBSOD ([[spoiler:Doremi in the ''Dokkan'' series finale.]])
* HeyItsThatVoice (YukiMatsuoka as Aiko, [[DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ Nami]] [[DigimonAdventure02 Miya]][[TheMovie hara]] as Momoko, IkueOhtani as Hana)
* {{Hikikomori}} - The reason Kayoko hasn't been going to school. She gets over it in the ChristmasEpisode after two separate episodes of progress in ''Motto''.
* HugeSchoolgirl - Naomi Okuyama is an eight-year-old version of this trope.
* IAmHeroHearMeRoar - ''"Pree-ty Wit-chi ''(character name)''-chi!"'' (In the dub, "Fa la de la dong ding, now I am a witchling!")
* IdolSinger - Onpu
* IllGirl - Shiori Nakayama, Kayoko Nagato and LittlestCancerPatient Nozomi.
* ImageSong
* TheLibby - Reika Tamaki, also the resident {{Ojou}}.
* JumpedAtTheCall - ("Please make me a witch? Please, please, pleaaaaase?!")
* [[spoiler: [[KingIncognito King Incognito]] - The Queen of the Witches had been watching over the girls the entire time as Yuki-sensei]].
* LonelyRichKid - Hazuki, Tamaki to some degree
* LittlestCancerPatient - Nozomi aka Non-chan
* KansaiRegionalAccent - Aiko, born and raised in Osaka.
* MagicAIsMagicA - Magic can pretty much do anything as long as you're powerful enough, except for a small number of forbidden acts which are defined very early on -- [[BackFromTheDead revival from the dead]], [[TheMedic healing]], and MindControl.
* MamaBear - All the girls in ''Sharp'', '''especially''' Doremi in the last few episodes.
* MaternallyChallenged - Are little girls really ready to take care of a newborn?
* MerchandiseDriven
* MidSeasonUpgrade (Royal Patraine)
* MundaneUtility - Use your awesome magical powers to... bake. Subverted when they decide to take care of Hana ''without'' magic.
* NewTransferStudent - Aiko, Onpu, and Momoko. (And Hana-chan, technically.)
* NoblewomansLaugh - Reika Tamaki, [[{{Ojou}} naturally]].
* {{Odango}} - Doremi has two.
* OpaqueLenses (Hazuki)
* TheOjou - Reika, Hazuki to some degree
* PaperThinDisguise - Nice job concealing your true self, Majorika... Not to even mention Oyajide!
* ParentalAbandonment - Hazuki (parents are caring but always busy), Tamaki (likewise, but combined with BumblingDad factor), Shiori (mom is dead, is a bit distanced from her OverprotectiveDad), etc.
* PickyEater (Hana during ''Motto'')
* PetTheDog - Reika is a selfish and shrill Ojou, but an episode in the first season showed her feeling ''genuinely'' insecure about her dad's love and taking the local IllGirl Shiori under her wing.
* PowerCrystal - Used to fuel the girls' magic in the first season.
* PrinceAndPauper - In the second episode, Doremi uses magic to swap places with Hazuki.
* ThePowerOfFriendship
* ThePsychoRangers - The Flat 4 in ''Sharp'': four apprentice wizards that oppose the girls.
* RoleCalled
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Hazuki Fujiwara's glasses did this at some point in the second episode of ''Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAAN!''.
* {{Sentai}} - [[ShowWithinAShow The Battle Rangers]]
* ShaggyDogStory - [[spoiler: Count how many times they decide to give up their powers after working so hard to attain them. And then regain them again anyway.]]
* ShapeShifting - The girls use their magic to transform into cute little animals a ''lot''. Their fairies also transform into their respective owners when they need to go somewhere without arousing suspiscion... but they retain their PokemonSpeak vocabulary.
* ShipTease (Many times. This troper can mention Aiko/Momoko (or [[PortmanteauCoupleName MomoAi]] as she calls them) in episode 3 of ''Motto'' and [[TheMovie the second movie]].)
* SixthRanger - Hana-chan in ''Dokkan''.
** And Nozomi in ''Naisho''. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope She died.]]]]
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish - Momoko speaks with a ''perfect'' American accent.
* TalkingToHimself (Nami Miyahara voices both Momoko'' and'' Masaru, and there is an episode where they interact)
* TearJerker (Aiko's attempts to get her parents back together, Hazuki's borderline [[FreakOut freak out]] over the incident with Nanako and her bunny, among other moments)
* TheFaceless (The Queen of Witches, [[spoiler: at least until episode 50 of Dokkan]])
* TheHighQueen
* ThirdPersonPerson (Hana)
* TrademarkFavoriteFood - Doremi ''loves'' her steak. Pity she [[ButtMonkey never gets any]]. Meanwhile, Aiko eats some takoyaki...
* TranslatorMicrobes - Momoko's magic gives her a greater grasp of Japanese than normal; later, she uses the headset on her baker's outfit to translate her speech perfectly. Eventually, she learns enough that she doesn't need it any more.
* TransformationSequence
* ViewerGenderConfusion - Kayoko, whose extremely short hair and ambiguous voice likely threw off people until Doremi states that she was a girl (likely tipped off by the red schoolbag).
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Hazuki is deathly afraid of ghosts to the point that in a drama CD, she practically goes insane at Yamauchi's ghost story.
** Momoko later picks up this fear as well.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears (Pop Harukaze)
* WizardingSchool - The girls have to learn how to use magic and pass a series of tests to be granted additional powers.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend - Doremi ''never'' gets a stable boyfriend.
* YouSuck - Main character Doremi is [[IneptMage the most incompetent of the apprentices]].

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